Public health nurses play a role in evaluating the environment of the community and will educate their population to risks to health from the environment. (CSLO 1, 3, 4, 5)
Choose one of the following topics and respond to the prompts below:
Ultra fine particles in the air
Plastics in the ocean
Toxic chemicals in body care products
Explain the topic and the health risk to humans(include information such as where the risk comes from, who is most affected, what happens in the body, and more information)
Discuss your awareness and risk for this problem.
Briefly describe two actions the public health nurse can do in her/his community to decrease the risk to the community: Refer to the Wheel of interventions by Public health nurses for ideas for a variety of actions.
